February 14th, 2011
After directly tweeting Rihanna last week (accusing her of plagiarising), photographer David LaChapelle is is suing the Grammy winner and her team. In a lawsuit made public earlier today, LaChapelle said Rihanna had appropriated eight of his images into the video, such as a shot where she is shown in profile against a blue background with a piece of candy on her tongue. LaChapelle said Rihanna’s video copied the “composition, total concept, feel, tone, mood, theme, colors, props, settings, decors, wardrobe and lighting” of his work. He is suing for unspecified damages.